diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index cd3900b..177f473 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 	RewriteEngine On
-	RewriteBase /ss2.4
-
 	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
 	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 	RewriteRule .* sapphire/main.php?url=%1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
diff --git a/mysite/_config.php b/mysite/_config.php
index 99ed559..c68538b 100644
--- a/mysite/_config.php
+++ b/mysite/_config.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ global $project;
 $project = 'mysite';
 
 global $database;
-$database = 'SS_ss24';
+$database = '';
 
 require_once('conf/ConfigureFromEnv.php');
 
@@ -14,13 +14,5 @@ MySQLDatabase::set_connection_charset('utf8');
 // downloaded from http://www.silverstripe.org/themes/
 SSViewer::set_theme('blackcandy');
 
-// Set the site locale
-i18n::set_locale('en_US');
-
 // enable nested URLs for this site (e.g. page/sub-page/)
 SiteTree::enable_nested_urls();
-
-// Mollom config 
-Mollom::setPublicKey("1819023dfcb10a667d10bd1578c5f39b");
-Mollom::setPrivateKey("2430fcbd65756ac6732a54a7c9ada116");
-SpamProtectorManager::set_spam_protector('MollomSpamProtector');
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